ALL meanings of chromite
chro·mite
C c - noun chromite a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr2O4 3
- noun chromite a salt of chromous acid 3
- noun chromite a hard, black mineral, FeCr2O4, the chief ore of chromium 3
- noun chromite Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state. 1
- noun chromite Mineralogy. a cubic mineral, ferrous chromate, Fe 3 Cr 2 O 3 , usually with much of the ferrous iron and aluminum replaced by magnesium, and some of the chromium by ferric iron: the principal ore of chromium. 1
- noun chromite A brownish-black mineral that consists of a mixed oxide of chromium and iron and is the principal ore of chromium. 1
- noun chromite (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr2O4. 0
- noun chromite Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr2O4. It is a commercial source of chromium. 0